Many end-users already have had a smartphone that counts steps and apps that help in disease prevention for a long time. But in professional medical use environments like hospitals and physicians' offices these little helpers are just arriving - or not even there yet. Still, these gadgets can make assessments easier and more precise. For example in geriatrics. Prof. Clemens Becker explains in the interview with MEDICA-tradefair.com why geriatricians should use modern gadgets, why commercial apps are barely suited for older people and why the assessment of someone's walking steadiness means more than counting steps.Professor Becker, why are geriatric assessments still done with pencils, paper and stopwatches nowadays?Prof. Clemens Becker: Unfortunately, in medicine, clinical and social innovations do not always go hand in hand with technical innovations. Geriatrics has seen and views itself as a "high touch - low tech" discipline. "High touch" means that it factors in the patients, family members and the social environment. This is still characteristic and makes sense because geriatrics is not able to be successful when it does not include older persons and their environment. ...
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